Posts on unique designs and solutions for stairs are always very popular here on AT. Last month, we received a record number of visitors for Kristin's AT Europe post, London Close-up - The Amazing Staircase. While it's not nearly as storage-friendly, the marble staircase above is gorgeous and right here, in New York...
The stairs' design was based on the idea of a ribbon and connects two floors of a 12th Street penthouse designed by Gabellini Sheppard Associates LLP in collaboration with Jay Smith. The steel support system is topped with white Sivec marble.
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The stairs look really cool, but they also look a little dangerous. I know that my dog would hate them and probably never attempt going up or down them.
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That's a sexy stairwell.
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swoooon
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Those are hot...
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Beautiful, fatal and a nightmare for up keep. Form follows function applies here.
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Very impressive. Beautiful work of art.
However...looks like an accident waiting to happen. Does NYC not have building codes? How did this get past?
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I'm guessing that it is stairs to a sleeping loft of sorts. There are a lot less regulations when it's officially only one story.
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Spiral staircases.
So nice to look at.
Can't think of one advantage besides possible space-saving.
Give me a regular staircase any day.
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I can see it now : me two glasses of wine these slippery marble stairs with no guardrail...
Also, I've lived with curvy stairs and they're rather annoying in real life when one is in a rush and simply wishes to go from A to Z without all these little extra steps along the way......
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